We all envision the day that we can watch TV online without jumping through a bunch of hoops and give us the same ease of use that we are accustomed to when watching TV at home. USTVnow is an online service that is as close to this vision as it gets; that includes all major terrestrial stations that an American citizen or resident would normally receive. The FREE version gives you LIVE streaming access to stations such as ABC, CBS, CW, FOX, NBC, PBS, and My9 in high resolution for 45 days. After the 45 days, it drops to low resolution. You have the option to upgrade to a paid plan, which includes the aforementioned networks; PLUS, additional top cable TV channels. I tried USTVnow; and, at high resolution, you cannot beat it. I haven’t experienced it at low resolution yet. After I discovered USTVnow, which has been streaming live TV on or before 2012, I was wondering How Is This Legal? Anyhow, thought I would share this with you and let you decide…

Rdio Announces FREE Access To Live Broadcast Radio – What this means is that you can search for your favorite stations (by name, call letters or frequency) and listen to them live. To visit Rdio — click here …

Rdio is an online music service that offers ad-supported free streaming and ad-free subscription streaming services in 85 countries.[4] It is available as a website and also has applications for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone mobile devices, which can stream music from its servers or download music for offline playback. — source: Wikipedia

Did you know your smartphone is loaded with more fecal coliform than a toilet seat? – After you read this article at Forbes, “5 Gadgets With More Germs Than Your Toilet Seat” you may think twice about using someone elses’ phone (and even your own)… As a matter of fact there is more bacteria being harbored on our devices than a toilet seat.

Some Good Movies At Crackle This Month – Crackleis an online movie and tv site where you can watch movies and tv shows for FREE. It is actually pretty good and they change their venue on a regular basis.

[FEATURED GEEK SQUEAK] Fix For Windows 8 Logo Not Centered On Boot Up – Recently, after upgrading the video driver software for my video card, I noticed that when I booted my computer (which is a Windows 8 based system), the Windows 8 logo (and visual animated indicator) was not centered on the screen. There appeared to be nothing else on the PC that was affected.

Windows 8 Boot Logo Off Center

Being the anal PC geek that I am, I had to find the fix for this. What I discovered there was limited accurate information available. As a result I had to resort to my geek instincts, which in the past, has gotten me into trouble (but, that is how you learn).

Based on my geek instincts, here is what I did to fix the issue (for a Windows 8 box):

I booted to the Windows 8 desktop (as I normally would do). At the desktop, I right mouse click and selected screen resolution from the menu. At the Screen Resolution Window, I selected the Resolution Drop Down Menu and selected the lowest resolution possible. In my case the lowest resolution possible was 1024 x 768. I click on OK first to get a visual of things. Once I got a visual that at that 1024 x 768 resolution was indeed off center and that I had a way out; I clicked on Apply. After I clicked on Apply my screen was now set at 1024 x 768 and my screen was off center. Beware, at that resolution, things will look bigger and weird with a grainy look. To bring things back to center, I used the Auto Adjust Feature (button) on my monitor and voila’ I was back on center. I then right mouse clicked in the middle of the desktop, selected screen resolution from the menu. At the Screen Resolution Window, I selected the Resolution Drop Down Menu and selected the recommended resolution of 1920 x 1080. I then clicked on OK, then Apply and my screen resolution was back to normal.

Now the real test… I re-booted and my Windows 8 logo (and visual animated indicator) was back where it should be in the middle of the screen. I can now sleep better : )

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[HOW TO] 21 Windows Administrative Tools Explained – Windows is packed full of system tools, and many of them are in the Administrative Tools folder. The tools here are more powerful and complex, so they’re hidden where most Windows users won’t stumble across them… @How To Geek

[ONLINE TELEVISION] Where to Watch Free Movies and TV Online – The spread of broadband Internet is changing the way we watch TV and movies. A lot of people are cutting the cable company cord or dropping that satellite service in favor of online streaming. If you’ve been wondering where you can find movies and TV shows to watch for free online without breaking the law, then we’ve got you covered… @TechSpot

[COMPUTER SECURITY] Registry-infecting reboot-resisting malware has NO FILES – Anti-virus doesn’t stand a chance becuase there’s nothing for it to scan. Researchers have detailed a rare form of malware that maintains infection on machines and steals data without installing files. The malware resides in the computer registry only and is therefore not easy to detect… @The Register

[GOOGLE CHROME EXTENSION] The Easiest Access To The Google Universe – Quickly search almost everything google is capable of – get easy access to the most commonly used google services, available at any time. This extension is meant to be a replacement for both, iGoogle and the quickly removed google menu. This extension contains an extensive menu of google services. You can access them by browsing through the black menu entries. By clicking the menu entry of your choice, you’ll go to the corresponding google service in a new tab… @Black Menu For Google

Squeak #1 – (AOMEI Backupper – “No brainer” Disk Backup and Imaging Software) – You may well know that in the coming upgrade release of Windows 8.1 you will have to really dig deep to get to the disk imaging component that was in Window 7. To remedy this issue, I went on the hunt and found a disk backup and imaging program that I can attest to being very good, easy to understand and serves as a good backup strategy; especially for home-based users (SEE BELOW);

Squeak #2 – (Remember 1995 – The Windows 95 Game Called Hover?)– You can go back in time in your web browser and play the same game and even play against 8 others (SEE BELOW);

Squeak #3 – (Desktop Client For Your 50GB MEGA Account): The September 28th Geek Squeak roundup, I featured a bit about MEGA and their 50GB online file storage offering. Today at Addictive Tips I learned that MEGA has BETA released a desktop client where you can sync folders on your computer with your MEGA account (SEE BELOW); and,

Squeak #4 – (Online Streaming of Movies and TV Shows ): I am a big fan of Amazon and I am really liking the idea of their Prime Membership that gives you access to their movie collection, TV Shows, Kindle books and more (SEE BELOW)

Microsoft Lets You Relive Your Windows 95 Years Through Any Browser

A game called Hover! shipped on all Windows 95 installation CD-ROMs. As of today you can play that game again right through Internet Explorer 11 or any other browser that supports the Web GL development standard, including Chrome and Firefox… READ MORE

Official MEGA Client For Windows Appears; Syncs Multiple Local Folders With The Cloud

What makes MEGASync outsmart the competition is its ability to synchronize multiple folders in your MEGA cloud storage with different locations on your local storage via linking each folder to a specific cloud drive nodes… LEARN MORE HERE

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